La Jolla Shores permitters vote down Sugarman Drive project: Project would ‘change the character of the neighborhood dramatically’

When the Sugarman House project returned to the La Jolla Shores Permit Review Committee (PRC) meeting April 15 at La Jolla Rec Center — this time with only a handful of residents in attendance rather than a roomful — a central issue seemed to be the house's second story: How it had been reduced to mitigate visual impact, how it differs from other second story houses in the area and whether it is actually a second story or possibly a third.